*Ping,* You're Busted
The RIAA is using the instant messaging apps built into file sharing networks Kazaa and Grokster to warn users about copyright infringement. Part of the message reads: "It appears that you are offering copyrighted music to others from your computer. Distributing or downloading copyrighted music on the Internet without permission from the copyright owner is ILLEGAL." Does anybody even use the IM on those things? Can't you just block all incoming IMs? More disturbing is that the RIAA will collect the addresses of all the users it contacts. Now, all they have to do is lay into ISPs to provide information about those users. Is there such a thing as a reverse class-action lawsuit?
SFGate.com
The RIAA is using the instant messaging apps built into file sharing networks Kazaa and Grokster to warn users about copyright infringement. Part of the message reads: "It appears that you are offering copyrighted music to others from your computer. Distributing or downloading copyrighted music on the Internet without permission from the copyright owner is ILLEGAL." Does anybody even use the IM on those things? Can't you just block all incoming IMs? More disturbing is that the RIAA will collect the addresses of all the users it contacts. Now, all they have to do is lay into ISPs to provide information about those users. Is there such a thing as a reverse class-action lawsuit?
SFGate.com
posted by Michael at 10:22 AM
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